Beta version 2.8.12.

- Change the default chat background.
- Add GIFs overview section in chats.
- Add a simple new messages animation.
- Use modern Telegram application icon.
- Use Direct3D 11 by default on Windows.
- Fix Direct3D acceleration on basic Windows 7 setup.

Telegram/Resources/uwp/AppX/AppxManifest.xml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <Identity Name="TelegramMessengerLLP.TelegramDesktop"
     ProcessorArchitecture="ARCHITECTURE"
     Publisher="CN=536BC709-8EE1-4478-AF22-F0F0F26FF64A"
-    Version="2.8.11.0" />
+    Version="2.8.12.0" />
   <Properties>
     <DisplayName>Telegram Desktop</DisplayName>
     <PublisherDisplayName>Telegram Messenger LLP</PublisherDisplayName>

Telegram/Resources/winrc/Telegram.rc

@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ IDI_ICON1               ICON                    "..\\art\\icon256.ico"
 //
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 2,8,11,0
+ FILEVERSION 2,8,12,0
- PRODUCTVERSION 2,8,11,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 2,8,12,0
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
 #ifdef _DEBUG
  FILEFLAGS 0x1L
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ BEGIN
         BEGIN
             VALUE "CompanyName", "Telegram FZ-LLC"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "Telegram Desktop"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "2.8.11.0"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "2.8.12.0"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright (C) 2014-2021"
             VALUE "ProductName", "Telegram Desktop"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", "2.8.11.0"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "2.8.12.0"
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"

Telegram/Resources/winrc/Updater.rc

@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
 //
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 2,8,11,0
+ FILEVERSION 2,8,12,0
- PRODUCTVERSION 2,8,11,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 2,8,12,0
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
 #ifdef _DEBUG
  FILEFLAGS 0x1L
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ BEGIN
         BEGIN
             VALUE "CompanyName", "Telegram FZ-LLC"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "Telegram Desktop Updater"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "2.8.11.0"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "2.8.12.0"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright (C) 2014-2021"
             VALUE "ProductName", "Telegram Desktop"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", "2.8.11.0"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "2.8.12.0"
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"

Telegram/SourceFiles/core/changelogs.cpp

@@ -21,78 +21,6 @@ namespace {
 
 std::map<int, const char*> BetaLogs() {
 	return {
-	{
-		2005002,
-		"- Fix possible crash in video calls.\n"
-
-		"- Fix possible crash in connecting to voice chats.\n"
-
-		"- Use different audio module code on Windows in calls.\n"
-	},
-	{
-		2005003,
-		"- Allow using mouse buttons in Push-to-Talk shortcut.\n"
-
-		"- Fix blurred thumbnails in Shared Links section.\n"
-	},
-	{
-		2005004,
-		"- Implement new audio module code for calls and voice chats.\n"
-
-		"- Allow retracting votes from polls in comments to channel posts.\n"
-
-		"- Show small voice chat button for empty voice chats.\n"
-
-		"- Fix media viewer updating when screen resolution is changed.\n"
-	},
-	{
-		2005005,
-		"- Fix recording of audio in voice chats.\n"
-
-		"- Fix media viewer zoom and crashing.\n"
-	},
-	{
-		2005006,
-		"- Press Up arrow to edit your last sent comment.\n"
-
-		"- Add more information to date tooltips "
-		"in Recent Actions and channel comments.\n"
-
-		"- Bug and crash fixes.\n"
-	},
-	{
-		2006002,
-		"- Fix text disappearing because of cloud drafts sync.\n"
-	},
-	{
-		2006003,
-		"- Fix audio device selection in voice chats.\n"
-
-		"- Fix blinking self profile photo "
-		"in case the profile photo privacy is used.\n"
-
-		"- Fix voice chat admin menu on macOS.\n"
-	},
-	{
-		2006004,
-		"- Fix freeze in voice chats.\n"
-
-		"- Make default interface scale 110% on macOS Retina screens.\n"
-	},
-	{
-		2006005,
-		"- Improvements and fixes in new voice chat features.\n"
-	},
-	{
-		2006007,
-		"- Improve voice chat participants list updating.\n"
-	},
-	{
-		2006008,
-		"- Fix connecting and getting allowed to speak on voice chats.\n"
-
-		"- MPRIS support on Linux.\n"
-	},
 	{
 		2007005,
 		"- Add \"Voice chats\" filter in \"Recent actions\" for channels.\n"
@@ -146,6 +74,20 @@ std::map<int, const char*> BetaLogs() {
 
 		"- Use GTK from a child process (Linux).\n"
 	},
+	{
+		2008012,
+		"- Change the default chat background.\n"
+
+		"- Add GIFs overview section in chats.\n"
+
+		"- Add a simple new messages animation.\n"
+
+		"- Use modern Telegram application icon.\n"
+
+		"- Use Direct3D 11 by default on Windows.\n"
+
+		"- Fix Direct3D acceleration on basic Windows 7 setup.\n"
+	},
 	};
 };
 

Telegram/SourceFiles/core/version.h

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ constexpr auto AppId = "{53F49750-6209-4FBF-9CA8-7A333C87D1ED}"_cs;
 constexpr auto AppNameOld = "Telegram Win (Unofficial)"_cs;
 constexpr auto AppName = "Telegram Desktop"_cs;
 constexpr auto AppFile = "Telegram"_cs;
-constexpr auto AppVersion = 2008011;
+constexpr auto AppVersion = 2008012;
-constexpr auto AppVersionStr = "2.8.11";
+constexpr auto AppVersionStr = "2.8.12";
-constexpr auto AppBetaVersion = false;
+constexpr auto AppBetaVersion = true;
 constexpr auto AppAlphaVersion = TDESKTOP_ALPHA_VERSION;

Telegram/build/version

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-AppVersion         2008011
+AppVersion         2008012
 AppVersionStrMajor 2.8
-AppVersionStrSmall 2.8.11
+AppVersionStrSmall 2.8.12
-AppVersionStr      2.8.11
+AppVersionStr      2.8.12
-BetaChannel        0
+BetaChannel        1
 AlphaVersion       0
-AppVersionOriginal 2.8.11
+AppVersionOriginal 2.8.12.beta

changelog.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2.8.12 beta (20.07.21)
+
+- Change the default chat background.
+- Add GIFs overview section in chats.
+- Add a simple new messages animation.
+- Use modern Telegram application icon.
+- Use Direct3D 11 by default on Windows.
+- Fix Direct3D acceleration on basic Windows 7 setup.
+
 2.8.11 (17.07.21)
 
 - Check shader compilation / linking before using ANGLE.